We inductively develop a process model of individual search in the context of technological invention, an important … content analysis of notable inventors we find that the search and discovery process of invention is inherently complex, non … revisit and change course. Our search model includes a stimulus, net casting for information, categorizing that information …

Knowledge-based innovations are a main driver for economic development of countries and a key factor in global … universities have the necessary potential (infrastructure and knowledge) to be regional drivers of innovations. They develop …

for industrial creativity that can rival the northeast. This study shows that this viewpoint, based on patent activity, is …

not patents affect the direction of research but that scientists’ understanding of patent law; their recent experience …

This study integrates theories relevant to collaborative knowledge creation and provides evidence to discover effects … of knowledge diversity on collaborative knowledge creation. The analysis uses a sample comprising 38,500 granted U ….S. utility patents involving two collaborating inventors, from application year 1991 to 2005. Interindividual knowledge diversity …

, vom Patent abweichendes europäisches Schutzrecht abzusichern. …

We investigate the contribution of different inputs, particularly different knowledge sources, on regional patenting … output in the framework of a knowledge production function. The knowledge sources included are R&D employment, size of public … departments, German Science Foundation (DFG), and from other sources. The contribution of these knowledge sources is tested …